During a recent webinar
on COVID-19 that focused
on caregivers for
patients with cancer,
Shera Dubitsky, MEd, MA, Senior
Advisor to Sharsheret’s Medical
Advisory Board, addressed the
topic of travestying the uncharted
territory of COVID-19, focusing
on caregivers and family
members of women with breast
or ovarian cancer.

Corrie House, an oncology nurse, cared for her husband for more than 3 years before he died of cancer. She shares the lessons she learned from this experience, providing tips on how to cope with a crisis such as the current pandemic.

After dealing with cancer in his family, Mehrshad Fekri faced the implications of his family history, and decided to educate men about breast cancer and to refocus his graduate studies on cancer research.